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It’s not every day a new MP makes such a splash in the House on debut that veteran journalist Audrey Young declares his offering to be the best maiden speech she has heard in her 30 years in the business, with mutterings around the press gallery and beyond of
Craig Rucker Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. Widely heralded as a leader in the free market environmental, think tank community in Washington, DC, Rucker is a frequent guest on radio talk shows, written extensively in numerous publications, and has appeared in such
Only two days into the new parliament, the next election had already been decided. The antics in parliament by Labour’s coalition partners have seen to that. This country is made up mainly of people who are tolerant of most things but they will not stand for the antics of
dailytelegraph.co.nz “THE JUSTICE MINISTER’S DECISION NOT TO REAPPOINT PAUL HUNT IS A GOOD START, BUT DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S ROT,” SAYS ACT MP TODD STEPHENSON. “Just this week the Human Rights Commission hired an additional high-paid chief executive and
Heather du Plessis-Allan has a column in yesterday’s paper about how nervous Government ministers are about protests and robust debate. It’s a whole lot of unnecessary hand wringing and tut-tutting if you ask me. Not everyone in the coalition Government is thrilled about its race relations policies. New
As his caucus has been chanting about Gaza, waving Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs while being sworn in as MPs, [Green co-leader James Shaw] has been curiously absent. A casual observer could assume that, well, Shaw isn’t on the same page as the rest of his party. I’d
Michael N Peterson Michael is the content specialist at an academic institution in the Washington, DC area. He is currently pursuing an MA in economics from GMU. Michael’s studies focus on development economics and institutional analysis. aier.org Argentina just elected Javier Milei, a boisterous, wild-haired economist with a
Just one week after handing over the reins as health minister to the National Party, Ayesha Verrall accused her successor and his party of having the deaths of thousands of New Zealanders on their hands. This week on Stuff’s Tova podcast, an in-depth look into the National-led Government’s
consentfactory.org Well, 2023 is almost in the books, and things couldn’t be going better for the New Normal Reich. It’s been a long, strange seven years, but we’re finally back to the Global War on Terror, which, as you may recall, was abruptly preempted in 2016
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator. mercatornet.com Such is the stigma surrounding suicide that advocates of ‘voluntary assisted dying’ insist vehemently that it is by no means suicide. For instance, Go Gentle Australia, a leading lobby group for VAD, explains in its website’s FAQ that: People
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week. peterallanwilliams.substack.com It’s now a week since the whistleblower information from the man we now know to be Barry Young became
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com This new government is barely two weeks old but already there are warning signs it’s not going to get
Harry Palmer Abandoned and alone is a feeling I fear is coming to many in the next few years as populations are divided for political advantage by our politicians and their puppet masters and the newly created groups are set against each other. This breakdown and alienation is reflected in
Well, that’s the parliamentary sitting year done, and for the Australian prime minister, it surely can’t have come quick enough. 2023 was a horror year for Anthony Albanese, once the glow of actually winning an election with the record-lowest primary vote in a century wore off. Mind you,
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com “Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital
Kiwis abroad and international audiences eagerly awaiting the release of River of Freedom can stream it across online platforms from 13 December. Journeyman Pictures has secured worldwide rights to the New Zealand box office smash, River of Freedom. “A unique and visceral account of the under-reported and divisive furore that
